Milliongenerations:Interview project summer 2009

Imagine the phone is ringing and someone who lives a million generations in the future wants to talk to you.

What will you ask this person?

Imagine the phone is ringing and someone who lives a million generations in the future wants to talk to you. What will you ask this person?

3 Aug 09

• Are you happy? (3 Aug 09)
• What do you love? (3 Aug 09)
• What do you think is beautiful? (3 Aug 09)
• What do you fear? (3 Aug 09)
• What does earth look like? (3 Aug 09)
• What do you think of our generation? (3 Aug 09)
• Did we help you to exist? (3 Aug 09)
• What makes civilizations last? What are the criteria for lasting civilization? (3 Aug 09)
• What can we do to make civilization last? (3 Aug 09)
• What did you do today? What are your plans? (3 Aug 09)
• What can I comprehend of you? (3 Aug 09)
• What still exists that exists now? (3 Aug 09)
• Are you conscious? Do you know how consciousness arises? (3 Aug 09)

(Notes from the interviewed: The first picture was what someone of the 16th century would ask me now. But a million generations is much longer (about 25 million years at current length of a generation). The human brain nearly tripled in mass in the last two million years. The dinosaurs went extinct about 65 million years ago. The first life appeared on this planet about 3,500 million years ago and the sun will probably provide an environment conductive for life for probably another 5,000 million years. 400 years is nice, more manageable - we think - the millions of years perspective is not understandable. There is no emotional link. It ask to much of me to have empathy with so distant beings. And if they are not human, what motivation should I have to wish them well or act accordingly. My solidarity is with the here and now).

12 Aug 09

• What do you consider values? (12 Aug 09)
• What is important to you? (12 Aug 09)
• Does money exist? (12 Aug 09)
• What do you believe in? (12 Aug 09)

• What other species exist? (12 Aug 09)
• What is the mode of reproduction? (12 Aug 09)

• What are the circumstances of life (housing/work) of human descendants? (12 Aug 09)
• What does the earth look like? (12 Aug 09)
• How many human descendants are alive? (12 Aug 09)

• What are basic needs? (12 Aug 09)
• What diseases are there? (12 Aug 09)
• What became of the Neanderthal man? (12 Aug 09 :-)

18 Aug 09

• Do you know the truth about reality? Or do you still have models that describe it? (18 Aug 09)
• What materials do you use?

What do you think the person wants to ask you?

Imagine the phone is ringing and someone who lives a million generations in the future wants to talk to you. What do you think the person wants to ask you? And what will you answer to these questions?

What do you think the person wants to thank you for?

Imagine the phone is ringing and someone who lives a million generations in the future wants to thank you. Do you have any idea for what?

Additional questions

Thoughts about similar future projects and additional questions are found on the discussion page.